Was Queen Victoria coercively controlled by Prince Albert?

Writer Daisy Goodwin on Victoria: A Queen Unbound. Was the marriage between Victoria and Albert as idyllic as it has been portrayed? Her new play explores the idea that Prince Albert exerted coercive control over Queen Victoria. Following the launch of the Official UK Christian & Gospel Singles Chart, we speak to the founder of the chart's partner organisation, O'Neil Dennis, and Mobo winning Christian rapper Guvna B, who's playing live in studio. Tayari Jones, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, discusses on her new novel, Kin. Ben Beaumont-Thomas reports on the cancellation of this year's Wireless festival following the row over Kanye West as the headlining artist. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer Harry Graham

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Was Queen Victoria coercively controlled by Prince Albert? is an episode from Front Row by BBC.

This episode is 42:15 long.

This episode was published on Apr 7, 2026.

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